Two Ukrainian Fighters
Married in the face of war Kneeling amongst rubble To be blessed Hand in hand Into the combat zone Not knowing If they’d ever get home...
Mar 8, 20221 min read
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'What does not return?'
This poem was first published in The Sacred Feminine: Open Skies Poetry Collection on 28th September 2021 Past pain Liberation is at hand...
Nov 1, 20211 min read
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I am paper
This poem was first published in The Sacred Feminine: Open Skies Poetry Collection on 28th September 2021 One page amidst a forest Words...
Nov 1, 20211 min read
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Through the generations
. I married a man whose grandmother came from Ireland in disgrace. A dead lover lost at sea. I married a man whose father was an orphan....
Jun 9, 20211 min read
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Menopause
This starts off as tongue in cheek, but conveys a real message that there is a vibrant life after menopause. My undercarriage has slipped...
Dec 22, 20201 min read
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Xmas
Xmas greetings one and all from Santa’s festive hall, packed with toys, chocolate treats and lots of nice things to eat. Rudolph and his...
Dec 22, 20201 min read
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Trump
This is how I see Trump His hair was a lobster pot of his ambitions false, as his plastic talents which shook the world his self-interest...
Nov 11, 20201 min read
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The Vampire’s Lament
This is one I wrote last year, and I had great fun recording it for Halloween. Buttercups and Daisies Feast on my bones, Sucking out...
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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Bride Price
I deliberately mixed up references rather than targeting any particular community. The woman is the one who pays the price of being...
Oct 24, 20201 min read
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Shall I compare you to a Summers Day, Old Man.
This is one of my favourite poems and the first four lines are about my husband, I hasten to say he is not decrepit so the rest of the...
Oct 1, 20201 min read
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The Blade
This is a trigger warning, as this poem is about a murderer and contains distressing imagery. I worked with murderers and various...
Oct 1, 20202 min read
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Ruby
A poem by a proud nana, celebrating her granddaughter’s adventurous nature. This was first published by the Soul Poets Society in...
Oct 1, 20201 min read
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I'm NOT
This poem called I’m Not was prompted by reading an article which talked about how the ‘DICK’tionary had many words that only described...
Aug 31, 20201 min read
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After
I see this tower
Impenetrable and grey
With harsh cold concrete
Stark and eyeless
In a landscape bleak
With riven clouds
In a barren world
Jul 24, 20201 min read
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Gaia’s Cry
This is a warning cry our Earth is not going to take much more of our abuse. Feel my sorrow Feel my pain When you ravage me again. Feel...
Jul 24, 20201 min read
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Plastic
Plastic surging In plastic waves, Hurtling forth In plastic rage. Debris pinned In plastic wind. Killing mackerel Innocent of plastic...
Jul 24, 20201 min read
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